Hatchling handling advice

[Maya2012]

He's striking because he's a scared baby. Make sure he has proper hides and husbandry, don't handle him again until he has eaten a few times, and then ease him into it slowly. You don't "break" him of defensive striking or "tame" him, you slowly show him you aren't going to eat him (which could take a few handlings or many months, depending on him).

Ok yeah he just shedded Sunday so just put substrate in there and have to put two hides for him still. Thanks for the advice, ill be patient and give him time :-)

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I'm no expert, but he sounds hungry to me. If it was me, I'd feed him a hopper right away. As for holding, I try to hold mine when they're awake. I even try to let them come out on their own if I have time. I try to avoid getting them out when they're sleeping. Good luck with your new little one & hope all goes well!

Thanks a lot and Thanks for the advice

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^^agreed with Annarose. He doesn't know anything, other than this extremely large creature is coming at him, and all he knows is to defend himself. As he gets older, he will grow out of it.

Let him eat atleast 3 consecutive meals in a row before you start handling him. Once he has eaten those 3+ meals, start handling him for about 10 mins every couple of days.

Will do, after how many live feedings would you say I can try to switch him to frozen?